1) Rather than a separate financial branch, the bylaws should mandate
independent audits, and full disclosure to the membership. An in-house
financial branch is just as vulnerable to corruption as an elected
board--perhaps more so since their performance is less likely to be watched
closely by as many people.

2) Membership to non-contributors should be by volunteering per year a
minimum of the number of hours obtained by the following formula: divide
the yearly low-income subscription price by the state minimum wage. [To
clarify: That would mean the yearly low-income subscription price of the
station the person is seeking to join, divided by the minimum wage of the
state in which the station is located. This would create fairness for
financially strapped people who have still managed to join by contribution.]

3)Each station should be mandated to do a minimum # of membership outreach
events in targeted communities. [Members of the community who work on the
events would be credited for volunteer hours, and sign up sheets would be
available to bring in other volunteers. Addition of listener/members
and/or board members by extraordinary means to obtain diversity should not
be necessary if the mission of social all-inclusiveness in programming is
enforced, and outreach is mandatory.]

4) Candidates for the National Board, and for General Managers of the
stations should be required, IN THE BYLAWS, to have a background of
participation, paid or unpaid, in social justice advocacy. [In other
words, they must be required to have "walked the walk". That would
include, but not be limited to, such issues as civil rights of oppressed
people, campaign finance reform, environmental justice, and other public
empowerment advocacy. This should encourage diversity without special
appointments or quotas.]